Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1948 Page: 6 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
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(JUY STEVENS (Hollywood National Syndicate) )
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The American and National
League pennant winnera will have
to be decided this month. But from
all indications it's going to he
hot race in both circuits right down
to the tinish.
The National League, as per
custom, is rounding out into a
tough battle. The Boston Braves are
not favored to win and figured to
crack under the strain. Brooklyn
is plenty hot and under Skipper
Shotton they're determined to win.
The St. Louis Cards are noted for
their homestretch drives which will
make them a tough team to heat
from here in. New York and Pitts-
burgh are very much in the rncc,
though at this writing, they seem
to have the least chance of copping
the flag.
The American League pennant
chase continues to be a hot four-
way battle for top honors. Its Cleve-
land, Boston, New York and Phila-
delphia—-take your choice. They all
seem to take what it takes. Cleve-
land, perhaps, should be favored
mostly on their pitching staff.
They’ve been knocked around a bit
but in Lemon, Bearden, Gromck,
Zoldak, Feller, Paige and Relief
Pitcher Klieman, they have a fine
group of hurlers and should be
able to hold their own with the
best of them. The A's of course
have been n surpiso all season.
Connie Mack has kept his boys hus-
tling and though he has no “stars”
and only one .300 hitter, the A’s
have proven to be a mighty dan-
gerous team. On the strength of
their past showing, they could win
the pennant, The Red Sox may have
on n last minute drive and cinch
the flag—if Manager McCarthy can
get his boys clicking. The Yanks
are up there but they’re least fuv-
orod to be on top when the
tain drops on the final game.
cur-
Ask Coach,Frank Leahy about
his team before game time and he'll
start crying on your shoulder. It’s
an old custom of his—the boys
never have a chance. Against Army
last year, he bemoaned the fact
that his team would go down in
defeat. Notre Dame won 27 to 7.
Against Southern California he was
snd because so many of the players
had suffered injuries. Notre Dame
won 38 to 7. That’s the way it’s
been the past two years. But for
once Leah’s lamenting backfired.
In the All Star-Chieago Cardinal
game, he gave out his usual pre-
game wailing. And what happened
The All Stars actually lost. No
doubt it surprised him as much
as many of the others.
* * *
Joe Louis announced the other
day that his official retirement no
tiee would contain a clause per-
mitting him to defend his title
within six months. Evidentally,,
Mike Jacobs’ pep talks have not
been in vain. He’s wanted Louis
for another battle and it now be-
gins to look as though the Brown
Bomber will defend his title once
more. No doubt Louis some day
will retire—after losing the title.
* • *
Boss Bill Veeck of the Cleveland
Indians is a pretty smart baseball
man. When he signed Satchel Paige
he knew that he was signing not
only a great pitcher but a great
attraction also. To date, 01’ Satch
has won five and lost one, two of
those games being shutouts. That's
proof enough that he knows a thing
or two about pitching. As far as
being an attraction, over 200,000
customers turned out to see him in
his three major league starts.
That’s averaging nearly 70,000 per
game. It’s perhaps to say that the
day Veeck got Satchel on the
dotted line, he probably got him-
self a pennant too. If it wasn’t for
his five wins, the Indians would be
down in fourth place.
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Many fans have wondered how
come Veeck was able to step in and
sign Paige without any competi-
tive bidding from other major
league clubs. Satchel had received
many offers but he turned them all
down. He was making plenty of
money with the Kansas City Mon-
archs and none of the offers were
good enough to lure him away.
He wnnter something like $50,000
for his services. Veeck signed Sat-
chel on a percentage deal which
may net him an average close to
that sum.
One thing about New York’s
promotional outfit, the Tournament
of Champions—they’ve got several
millionaires behind them which
means they're going to be a tough
bunch to buck. It's very evident
that they're out to break Mike
Jacobs’ mr.nopooly on big
fights. Whether or not they'll be
successful remains to be seen. At
least the possibility of a promo-
tional warfare has created new
interest among fistic fans. Jacobs
has his major bout scheduled for
Sept. 2nd. The Tournament of
Champions will offer their big at-
traction the following night, Sept.
23rd.
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The exhibition football game be
tween the New York Yankees and
the Chicago Rockets at Freeport,
N. Y., recently, should give club
bigwigs an idea. Freeport is a
city of 20,000 about 25 miles east
of Brooklyn. Yet, over 10,000 cus-
tomers turned out to see that game.
Though Freeport is in a metropoli-
tan area, the majority of those
fans came from Freeport and near-
by communities and not from
Brooklyn or New York. There are
many “Freeports” around the coun-
try, cities small and large just
dying for big time entertainment.
If a few of the exhibition games
were scheduled in those places,
football clubs would reap a rich
harvest. Major events are common
fare in the large metropolitan cen-
ters but in the smaller cities they
are a rarity.
* * *
JUST GAB—The Washington
Redskins will have plenty of weight
in their lineup ... 14 weight more
than 225 pounds with four well
over 2(10 . . , Hank Harris, giant
Texas tackle, is tops with a 281-
pound frame. Harry Banning, for-
mer catcher with the New York
Giants, is operating a Used Car
lot in Burbank, Calif. General Man-
ager Billy Evans of the Detroit
Tigers is said to he against hand-
ing promising newcomers a huge
bonus . . . yet he approved the
$75,000 bonus handed to Frank
House. Branch Rickey, who is also
boss of the Brooklyn Dodgers Foot-
ball team, wants the All-Ameri-
can Conference teams to play twice
weekly ... so club owners can
get themselves out of the red . . .
won't they have to pay players
more money? Connie Mack rates
the A’s of this year as his greatest
time team. The Chicago Cardinals
scored a smashing 28 to 0 victory
over the All Stars but the Bears
are still the boys to beat in the
National Football League. Rocky
Graziano will fight in Los Angeles
after meeting Fred Apostoli in
Ooakland on Sept. 20th . . . Rocky
hopes to meet the winner of the,
Zale-Cerdan title fight. The axe
will probably fall next on Mana-
ger Ted Lyons of the Chicago White
Sox . . . Jack Onslow, Memphis
skipper, may take over. Eddie Sttfrr-
ky, Boston Braves’ second base-
man, is expected back on the ac-
tive list Sept. 8th.
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Regular meeting on the First
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month at 8:00 P. M. at the V.F.W.
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Football Games To Be
Hot, But Not As Much
As Stadium Fires
AUSTIN, TEXAS- — Opening
football games over Texas will
be hot ones, Marvin Hall predicted
after looking at the latest weather
reports, but he expressed the hope
that none would he made warmer
by stadium files,
(-ailing on school officials to see
that stadiums are as fire resistive
as possible before the football sea-
son opens, the State Fire Insurance
Commissioner said the greatest
hazard to ]ifl> in ease of such a fire
would probably be panic.
There is n possibility that com-
bustible material in a stadium
might be sprayed with flame-proof
material in order to lessen the
chances or spread' of a fire.
Hall suggested that ns the play-
ing field is being put into shape
for the season, that ground under
grandstands also receive attention
after standing idle. All weeds
should be cut down and disposed
of along with any rubbish and
trash under and around bleachers.
Carelessness in tossing away
lighted cigarettes and matches is
the main cause of fires in stadiums,
Hall stated.
"When fire occurs where a large
crowd is assembled, nnd exits or
means of esenpe are limited, there
usually a stampede in which
many are trampled to death or in-
,ured,” he asserted.
“Football stadiums have more
than the usual amount of hazards
due to narrow steps and lofty
seats.”
Should a fire break out in the
grandstands, Hall recommends to
spectators that they remain calm
and move to the nearest exit as
orderly and quietly ns possible.
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